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Blog

Klezcadia: A radically inclusive, fully hybrid celebration of Yiddish and klezmer

Marianne Tatom

Klezcadia’s inaugural 2024 festival was fully hybrid, COVID-cautious, and included daytime workshops and evening concerts with a variety of West Coast klezmer luminaries and Yiddish teachers.

Interview

Language and Trust in a Perilous Time: Translating COVID-19 Public Health Information into Yiddish in Hasidic Communities

Rhona Seidelman

Rhona Seidelman interviews the researchers of the University College London Contemporary Hasidic Yiddish Project about their public health translation work during the early stages of COVID-19 pandemic.

Blog

From Glitches to Gold: Innovative Pedagogy in the Virtual Classroom

Jessica Kirzane

Technology glitches and COVID-era difficulties are opportunities to be creative and think on our toes.

Pedagogy

Loyt di lerers: Teaching Outside the University Classroom

Marianne Tatom

Marianne Tatom polled Yiddish teachers outside the university classroom about their teaching strategies and experiences teaching online during a pandemic.